BlockCamden Junction, Missouri
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Camden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64017. It stands on Rollins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Camden quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Camden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
484 words on this townshipHistory of Ray County, Mo., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Camden Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Camden Township - 484 words.
Fires near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Camden Junction between 2014 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190231-08923-03082020-2300 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190230-08923-03082020-1510 |
| 4 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190228-08923-03042020-1730 |
| 2 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190011-08923-02022020-1520 |
| 9 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179861-08923-01092020-1410 |
| 7 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179804-08923-01072020-1540 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Camden Junction: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clevanger Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lauck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lillard Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543037 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740720. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.